Former top public health official Dr. Howard Zucker has sounded the alarm that public health in the Trump administration is headed in a dangerous direction after the ousting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director and the resignation of other top agency officials.

It comes after the White House fired Susan Moneraz from the top position, just weeks into the job, when she refused to bow to pressure from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.

Moneraz’s lawyers accused the department of “weaponizing public health for political gain” under RFK Jr. and putting lives at risk as they pushed back on her ousting on Wednesday night. They said Moneraz refused to “rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives.”

At least three top CDC officials announced their re

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